American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 229 August 2018 | Page 20

Ducati International Hill Climb Reclaims
‘King of the Mountain’ Crown
Legendary Ducati racer Carlin
Dunne led the 2018 Spider Grips
Ducati Pikes Peak team to
victory and reclaimed the crown
as King of the Mountain at this
year’s annual running of the
Pikes Peak International Hill
Climb (PPIHC), completing the
“Race to the Clouds” in
9:59:102. This was Dunne’s
fourth victory at Pikes Peak.
“We did it. We took the
podium,” said Dunne, who
notably was the first
motorcyclist ever to traverse
the 4,720-foot Pikes Peak race
course in less than 10 minutes
in 2012. “The Multistrada 1260
Pikes Peak proved as amazing
as we all hoped. It performed
flawlessly, giving me everything
I needed to get up the
mountain. Pikes Peak is never
an easy race, but the weather
cooperated, and we clinched
the victory for Ducati.”
This is Ducati’s seventh victory
on the mountain since the
company’s debut in 2008. Ducati
and Dunne held the all-time
course record from 2012 until
2017, a year in which Ducati
was not part of the official race
competition. Dunne’s previous
victory in 2012 was achieved on
the game-changing Multistrada
1200 S.
This year, Dunne secured the
win on the new Multistrada
1260 Pikes Peak model. The new
Multistrada 1260 Pikes Peak
showcases the versatility of a
new, larger displacement 1262
cc Ducati Testastretta DVT
engine delivering 18% more
torque in the mid-range. The
bike is also paired with a
redesigned chassis for increased
stability.
Rounding out the Ducati team
this year was new member
Codie Vahsholtz, who finished in
third with a time of 10:12:703.
Vahsholtz is a Colorado native
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who comes from a family of
Pikes Peak champions and has
established a series of victories
of his own.
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